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* 1958 in Sondrio, Italy. Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland Swiss-Italian artist
Known for: Provocative political interventions and works like Mani pulite (2005)
Art historical context: Contemporary art, Political art
Exhibited works
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Magic Ink, 1989. 1st | B | A series of drawings created with invisible ink. According to the artist, the ink disappeared as soon as drawings were done, leaving behind only the framed, but empty, sheets of paper. | |
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Nada por la fuerza, todo con la mente (Nothing by force, everything with the mind), 1997. BF | B
| "When the Swiss artist Gianni Motti was invited to Colombia in 1997 by Maria Inés Rodríguez to present his psychoanalyst’s office, his intervention resulted in the piece entitled Nada por la fuerza, todo con la mente (Nothing by force, all with the mind). In the course off the consultations that the artist carried out in the Espacio Vacío, in Bogotà, he noted that most of the people who turned up at his office to tell him their everyday troubles and preoccupations were complaining about what the then president, Ernesto Samper, was doing. Motti decided to write to the president proposing a session of analysis, and his letter was published by the opposition newspaper El Espectador, which took up the case and decided to support the cause. When he received no reply from Samper, Motti decided —with the backing of hundreds of artists and citizens— to destabilize the president’s position by means of a telepathic action in front of his residence, attempting to communicate the word "Renúncia" — resignation. Although the immediate outcome of the piece was not Samper’s resignation but Motti leaving the country, the action was inscribed in the minds not only of the people who took part in it, but also of those who read the story several days running on the front pages of the local papers. Before we ask ourselves whether Samper saw the newspapers that week or if, on the contrary, he received the telepathic message, perhaps it is more important to think about how a gesture such as this can persist in the collective memory as an initiative motivated by the popular will and desire." (Magalí Arriola, Los Angeles) | |
| Links Galerie Bugada & Cargnel | Delire Gallery | Further informations 1 | 2
Credits All reproductions are courtesy of the artist © Gianni Motti | ||
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